Nissan Motor is expected to restore its global output in June to the level it planned before the 11 March earthquake and tsunami given the good prospects for procuring components, industry sources have said.
Nissan has proposed to parts manufacturers that it will make about 98,000 vehicles in Japan, the same output it had planned to make before the disaster, the sources told Kyodo News.
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It also proposed to make some 285,000 vehicles overseas, slightly more than the company had planned before the quake, which devastated northeastern Japan and disrupted a supply chain, the sources said.
Nissan has proposed to operate its domestic and overseas plants at a rate of about 90% of the original plan for May, the report said.
But the output level in July and later is uncertain as procurement of certain parts remains unstable, the sources said.
Nissan president Carlos Ghosn told a news conference last week that the company plans to resume full production of its vehicles globally in October.
According to the sources, Nissan’s output at the Tochigi plant will be increased about 2% from the initial plan to 16,000 units in June, thanks to a full recovery of its engine plant in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, after being damaged by the disaster.
Production will also be raised at Kyushu by some 2% to 41,000 units, and at its subsidiary Nissan Shatai by about 5% to 17,000 units, but Oppama plant output will be cut by about 8% to 24,000 units.
